Rule-pocket.



PATENTED JAN. 24, 1905.

J. w. KEELEY. RULE POCKET.

APPLIOATIOX FILED AUG. 4, 1904.

' Invcnto;

witnesses M17 flttomeui Patented January 24, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES W. KEELEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RULE-POCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 780,120, latod January 24, 1905.

l 1 Application filed August 4:, 1904. Serial No. 219.509.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, JAMES W. KEELEY. a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rule-Pockets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention provides a simple durable pocket for garments adapted to receive the ordinary carpenters jointed rule; and the essential feature of the invention resides in the provision of a pocket for mens garments commonly called overalls, having retaining means to prevent loss of the rule through accidental displacement thereof or likelihood of removal of said rule from the pocket by an unauthorized knowledge. V

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for eifecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a'perspective view showing a garment having the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing the pocket of the garment and the retaining-strip, a rule being disposed in .the pocket. Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view showing the position of the rule just as same is withdrawn from the pocket.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The garment illustrated is designated 1, and consists of a pair of overalls, such as are commonly worn by carpenters or men engaged in similar occupation, and the pocket 2 is preferably located at one side of the garment within convenient reach of the wearer, so that the rule may be readily withdrawn or inserted into the person without the wearers shown, the strip 3 is transversely disposed and is of substantially the same width as the pocket 2, the latter being of somewhat narrow formation, so as to snugly accommodate the rule,

said rule-being indicated at 4:. The strip 3 is secured by means of vertical lines of stitching, (shown at 5,) the stitching being located at the ends of the strip firmly uniting the same with the body of the garment 1.

It'is designed that the pocket 2 shall be of a length which will allow the upper portion of the rule 4 to protrude some distance out of the mouth thereof. When the rule is within the pocket, the strip 3 passes between folded portions of the rule, so that it is necessary that the said rule be lifted until the lower portion thereof is adjacent the upper end orv remove the rule from the pocket, and this is the same in introducing the rule into the pocket-namely, the upward movement by which the rule is disengaged from the pocket in withdrawing same and the downward movement, above described,by which it is disengaged from the strip. The operation is similar in disposing the rule in the pocket 2, except that the rule is first forced upward, so as to cause the strip to be received within the folded portions thereof, after which the lower end of the rule is forced into the. mouth of the pocket and the instrument dropped into the body thereof. I

From the foregoing it will be noted that should the garment be inverted the rule is not likely to be lost, since the retaining-strip 3 would support it, being engaged between the folds thereof. Again, should any one ati tempt to maliciously Withdraw the instrument it Would be very difficult to accomplish this Without the knowledge of the wearer of the garment, for reasons Which Will be readily appreciated. The specific location of the strip 3 is very advantageous and effective in accomplishing the purposes of the invention, as before enlarged upon. The strip 3, further, is so secured and disposed that it does not make the garment unsightly, and the above feature is advantageous When compared with the usual detachable devices Which are ordinarily usedfor preventing displacement of the rules Which are invariably lost or mislaid in the practical use thereof.

' Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is 1. In combination, agarment provided With a pocket adapted to receive a carpenters rule or the like, and a strip applied to the garment above the mouth of the pocket, for the purpose specified.

2. In combination, agarment provided with a pocket to receive a carpenters jointed rule,

and a strip located immediately above the mouth of the pocket and secured at its ends by means of stitching attaching same to the garment, said strip being adapted to engage the rule in order to prevent displacement thereof.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

R. H. WINTER, T. W. AYRES. 

